Members of the Honorary Senate

The Honorary Senate is composed of representatives of the scientific, business and political communities, and plays a role in advising the Foundation Board of Directors.

Josef Ackermann

Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank AG (Frankfurt)

Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish

Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (Vienna)

José Manuel Barroso

President of the European Commission (Brussels)

Ernesto Bertarelli

Former CEO Serono S.A. and Two-time winner of America's Cup (Geneva)

Christof Bosch

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Robert Bosch Stiftung (Königsdorf)

Martin Engstroem

Founder and Managing Director of the Verbier Festival and Academy (Vevey)

William H. Gates III

Co-chair and Trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle)

Ulrich Grete

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Ecoscientia Foundation (Zug)

Roman Herzog

Former Federal President of Germany (Munich)

Klaus J. Jacobs (†)

Founder of the Jacobs Foundation (Zurich)

Henning Kagermann

President of the acatech - German Academy of Science and Engineering (Munich)

Malcolm D. Knight

Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank AG (Frankfurt)

Pamela Mars

Member of the Board of Directors of Mars, Incorporated (McLean)

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (Berlin)

Joachim Milberg

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BMW AG (Munich) / Former President of acatech – the German Academy of Science and Engineering (Berlin)

Ferdinand K. Piëch

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg) 

Johannes Rau (†)

Former Federal President of Germany (Berlin)

Annette Schavan

Federal Minister of Education and Research (Berlin)

Shri Kapil Sibal
Indian Minister for Human Resource Development (New Delhi)

HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn

Member of the Thai Royal Family (Bangkok)

Edmund Stoiber
Former Minister-President of Bavaria (Munich)

Tony Tan

President of the Republic of Singapore (Singapore)

Erwin Teufel

Former Minister-President of Baden-Wuerttemberg (Stuttgart)

Daniel Vasella

President of Novartis International AG (Basel)

Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker

Secretary General of the European Research Council (Brussels)

Martin Winterkorn

Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg)